The film's open ended conclusion does it no favours. The protest scene although well filmed seemed to be about nothing apart from young radicals wanting to have a punch up with coppers. It just highlights that the wrong people were involved in the movie as it had no social commentary. Their sympathies were with Barry, being a copper is a hard and dangerous life. The majority of coppers are still working class lads," said Prior. "In this film we try to show that they are not of the class to have affairs but they might have a bit on the side." [7] The only thing they have in common is Sue, and it soon becomes clear that she is torn between the kind of men she falls in love with and the kind of men she always ends up going home with. German satirist Jan Böhmermann with his song " Ich hab Polizei" (2015), [31] but negating it by adding an N in front. [32] Football fans fined for anti-police t-shirt". DutchNews. 7 January 2011 . Retrieved 17 August 2016.

Peter Rodgers produced the Carry On series for the Rank Organisation and made an arrangement to produce other films for them "thrillers and romantic subjects". [4]German punk band Slime released the song A.C.A.B. on their influential 1979 album Slime I; it, along with the band's other anti-police songs "are still anthems of the leftist movement" to this day. [28] In the half a century since the Daily Mirror headline, ACAB has proven flexible, and not always in good ways: it’s embodied ideas of varied nuance and intensity, from a casual expression of rebellion to nuanced anarchist thought to more ominous skinhead ideology. It’s been the subject of hate speech litigation in Germany. The Anti-Defamation League currently lists ACAB as a hate symbol/abbreviation, but notes that “it should be carefully judged in the context in which it appears,” as it’s been a watchword for racist and anti-racist groups. Austrian band Ja, Panik released on their album Libertatia (2014) a song with the title "A.C.A.B.", in which the acronym is interpreted as "All Cats Are Beautiful" [27] a b Poulter, James (8 June 2020). "How 'ACAB' Became the Universal Anti-Police Slogan". Vice . Retrieved 26 August 2020.

It's believed the phrase was first turned into an acronym by a group of striking workers in the 1940s, but this could be an urban myth. What's certain is that the acronym grew in popularity in the British prison system, with prisoners writing "ACAB" on walls and on themselves. Depending on who asked what it meant, it could also be spun as "Always Carry A Bible". It has an interesting cast, and lots of good period location filming around Battersea - but in some ways this is the most interesting part of the film. It starts off brightly enough as we get to know the characters, and the story involving a young copper and a petty criminal both vying for the charms of the same girl (played by Julia Foster) sounds promising. The pithy phrase "all coppers are bastards" is a systemic critique of the role of the police. The French equivalent of "all coppers are bastards" is "Tout le monde déteste la police", which translates to "Everybody hates the police". Writing about "ACAB" in the Independent, Victoria Gagliardo-Silver explains that it expresses the idea that "The issue isn't 'a few bad apples'; it's a tree that is rotting from the inside out, spreading its poison." However, prosecution on the grounds of ACAB being offensive is not limited to Europe. In 2018, a group of Persija Jakarta football fans in Indonesia were arrested for displaying a banner with the message "All Cops Are Bastards" on it during the league match day. [23] It’s a pity that All Coppers Are…didn’t really analyse the non-bastard nature of a policeman placed in the fraught role of being a member of the community yet an official outsider: his pressing need for acceptance, by his community, that he’s really an ordinary guy.Antipathy towards the police has been around for as long as they’ve existed. The death of the first police officer to be killed on the job in London, Joseph Grantham, was judged to be "justifiable homicide" by a jury who were suspicious of the new force. The first time political radicals clashed with the new police force, three cops were stabbed, one fatally, and again a jury said this was "justifiable homicide". DiVita, Joe (18 September 2018). "The Casualties Debut New Singer in '1312' Video, Announce Album". Loudwire. a b c d e f Aitken-Smith, Trent; Tyson, Ashley (2016). The Tattoo Dictionary. Octopus. p.13. ISBN 978-1-78472-254-8. That display of supportive but needling graffiti is a good reflection of where ACAB stands in the protest movement today. On one hand, ACAB is an easy watchword and an effective expression of anti-authoritarian solidarity. On the other, it’s aggressive—undeniably aa provocative, and one that may generate more problems than solutions. Over at Complex, Kevin L. Clark has pointed out that ACAB, often used by white protesters, is a “misguided” form of allyship and can lead to greater police violence. Some activists have proposed revising the acronym to the marginally less offensive “All Cops Are Bad.” But the best defense of ACAB might come from anarchists, who have been preaching ACAB for decades. As one group put it, it’s not that all cops are bastards, but rather that all cops are “bounded”—not bad people themselves, but institutionally trapped in a system that is inherently oppressive. Valachi Papers, The (1972) Where The Godfather had a good script and excellent actors, The Valachi Papers offered less art but more facts in its dramatisation of the…

It’s outside the Utah State Capitol and on Churchill statue in London. Your kids are making videos about it and your parents want to know what it means. The acronym ACAB has been rolling through the US protest movement, from graffiti to signs to streetwear. Your kids are making videos about it, your parents are asking you what it is. It’s showing up on municipal buildings If you don’t know already, it means “All Cops are Bastards.” (You may also see its numeric alternate, “1312,” with numbers substituted for letters.) It’s a term with a rich, controversial history—and one that can tell us about protest, police, and the power dynamic between a state and its citizens. Julie Foster shines. He natural acting stands out and hers is a memorable performance despite been given a script a script that is stodgy in parts. American band The Casualties in their song "1312", the lead single from their 2018 album Written in Blood. [33] Pollard, John (2016). "Skinhead culture: the ideologies, mythologies, religions and conspiracy theories of racist skinheads". Patterns of Prejudice. 50 (4–5): 398–419. doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2016.1243349. ISSN 0031-322X. S2CID 151502563. All Coppers Are... comes across as a slice of life kitchen sink drama of the 1960s. Only it was made in the early 1970s after the worldwide student protest movement of the late 60s.The technical adviser on the film was ex-Detective Chief Superintendent Ray Dagg, who said "this seems to me to be the first film to really portray with authenticity what a policeman is like." [7] Filming started in late May 1971. It was shot largely on location in Battersea, [10] around Nine Elms and Clapham Junction, Southwest London, and at Pinewood Studios. [7]